[Python-Dev] Re: Planning to drop gzip compression for future releases

[Christophe Cavalaria]

Paul F. Dubois wrote:

> Some of this discussion has wandered into the 'we are all competent
> computer people here so what is the problem going to get x and
> installing it' line of reasoning.
> 
> Many Python users are not very good at computing. If they know how to
> install Python now why make that disappear? The fact that in
> principle they could manage somehow if we didn't provide a zip file
> doesn't mean they should have to. It just isn't a big deal on our end.
> 
> Not only are batteries included, but we have several sizes to fit your
> equipment.

Well, we are not talking about a simple
click-the-shiny-exe-and-the-yes-button install here. We are talking about
source code install of Python on Unix-like computers. The number of users
who can install Python that way but can't install bzip2, even with the
source code must be very very small.